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  • RGiles36
    MVP
    • Jan 2008
    • 3960

    #181
    Re: Boardwalk Empire

    Just stumbled upon this thread, but I love this show. I don't watch a lot of TV shows, but this is one that has had me gripped since the first ep. I can't wait til the next season!
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    • JayBee74
      Hall Of Fame
      • Jul 2002
      • 22989

      #182
      Re: Boardwalk Empire

      Originally posted by steelcurtain311
      I don't know how they're going to handle Capone, since time-wise he doesn't really fit into their schedule. He doesn't become the biggest gangster ever until like 20 years later. Unless the show really jumps time, I doubt we ever see that.
      Boardwalk Empire kicked off at the beginning of Prohibition in January 1920, and advanced only a few months as evidenced by Warren G Harding's victory in the 1920 presidential election.

      Capone became a big time gangster much earlier then that
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      . In fact, he had spent 8 years in jail by 1939, and had no clout after that.

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      • steelcurtain311
        Banned
        • Feb 2009
        • 2087

        #183
        Re: Boardwalk Empire

        Maybe it was that early that became a "boss" type. But he wasn't the end all-be all of gangsters until he was in his 30's-40's. The show can't realistically get to that era.

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        • Burns11
          Greatness Has Arrived
          • Mar 2007
          • 7406

          #184
          Re: Boardwalk Empire

          Uh, what? Capone's power vanished once he was in Alcatraz and by the time he got out his mind was so ate up with syphilis that he barely knew who he was. Capone's power was really between '24 and '32 when he was transferred to Alcatraz and replaced by Frank Nitti.

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          • steelcurtain311
            Banned
            • Feb 2009
            • 2087

            #185
            Re: Boardwalk Empire

            I don't know the actual time period, since I didn't properly research it, but I'm going off of Capone being like 20 years old right now on the show (since that's what he said he was in his first scene). I just figured, as young as he is, he was just there for novelty purposes and they couldn't actually explore his rise to power.

            So you're saying they realistically could follow Capone's story, at least the rise of Capone? Because that adds a whole new level of awesome to this show if they can.

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            • Burns11
              Greatness Has Arrived
              • Mar 2007
              • 7406

              #186
              Re: Boardwalk Empire

              Very much so, I'm not sure how you can do this show without going all the way through Prohibition which would contain all of Capone's career.

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              • JayBee74
                Hall Of Fame
                • Jul 2002
                • 22989

                #187
                Re: Boardwalk Empire

                Originally posted by steelcurtain311
                Maybe it was that early that became a "boss" type. But he wasn't the end all-be all of gangsters until he was in his 30's-40's. The show can't realistically get to that era.
                Boss Capone was just a lot younger than I figured. He's currently 20 in Boardwalk Empire (portrayed by a 35 year old actor), only 25 when he took over for Torrio, and only 31 when he did his 8 year confinement stretch.

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                • steelcurtain311
                  Banned
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 2087

                  #188
                  Re: Boardwalk Empire

                  Wow, I thought the same thing you did. Graham looks a hell of a lot younger than he actually is. I guess that's good though, since he'll be able to play young/old Capone both.

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                  • JayBee74
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 22989

                    #189
                    Re: Boardwalk Empire

                    Originally posted by steelcurtain311
                    Wow, I thought the same thing you did. Graham looks a hell of a lot younger than he actually is. I guess that's good though, since he'll be able to play young/old Capone both.
                    Right, and I think Capone just looked a little older than he was:


                    Capone at age 20.


                    Capone at age 25.

                    At any age Capone was scary-a very homely man.

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                    • steelcurtain311
                      Banned
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 2087

                      #190
                      Re: Boardwalk Empire

                      They need to give him some eyebrow makeup to make them ridiculous-looking. Then he'd look a little better. Still a decent likeness, that scene where he was trying on suits with Jimmy was a cool Capone scene.

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                      • koebner
                        MVP
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 1956

                        #191
                        Re: Boardwalk Empire

                        More of this dude coming next season;http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/jack...rdwalk-empire/
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                        • JayBee74
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 22989

                          #192
                          Re: Boardwalk Empire

                          Originally posted by koebner
                          More of this dude coming next season;http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/jack...rdwalk-empire/
                          Good find-great news to see Harrow upgraded to regular. Interesting that this guy (Jack Huston) is the nephew of Angela Huston and the grandson of the late John Huston.


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                          • steelcurtain311
                            Banned
                            • Feb 2009
                            • 2087

                            #193
                            Re: Boardwalk Empire

                            Awesome character and Huston does well with it.

                            On a sidenote, I'm really looking forward to David Chase's movie.

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                            • JayBee74
                              Hall Of Fame
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 22989

                              #194
                              Re: Boardwalk Empire

                              Originally posted by steelcurtain311
                              On a sidenote, I'm really looking forward to David Chase's movie.
                              What about the Ribbon Of Dreams miniseries?

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                              • steelcurtain311
                                Banned
                                • Feb 2009
                                • 2087

                                #195
                                Re: Boardwalk Empire

                                Is that the one about early Hollywood? I remember reading about it a while back. If it's early Hollywood or music related, anything history related, David Chase is a good guy for the job. These are areas that are obviously very close to his heart.

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